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MATHEWS – Mathews County Sheriff Mark Barrick announced Monday that he will seek re-election in November. Barrick has served in law enforcement since 1982 and was elected as sheriff in 2011. "I have spent a significant amount of time over the past three years reinstituting how the sheriff's office operates bringing about increased accountability within," Barrick said in a news release. "We have made great strides in community relationships, which in turn has helped us better identify and solve problems. I look forward to the opportunity to continue serving the citizens of Mathews. Mathews County is a great place to live and visit and I would like to help keep it...

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MATHEWS – Mathews County Sheriff Mark Barrick announced Monday that he will seek re-election in November. Barrick has served in law enforcement since 1982 and was elected as sheriff in 2011.
"I have spent a significant amount of time over the past...

CHESAPEAKE — FBI Director James Comey warned Thursday about a "drift" taking place that could make law enforcement agents unable to gather information from many cellphones even if they have a valid court order to do so.
Because of technological...

A former Isle of Wight Sheriff's deputy assigned to patrol the county's high schools has been charged with sexual battery and indecent liberties with a minor after a high school student complained he touched her inappropriately.
According to a release...

Update - Feb. 3 - Isle of Wight County Sheriff Mark Marshall has confirmed that the deputy under investigation for having inappropriate contact with a student is no longer employed by his office.
The male school resource officer - specially trained...

Isle of Wight County will spend more than $500,000 on insurance this year.
Most of that – about $389,000 – is in premiums on insurance for things that are probably pretty familiar for most county residents.
Like many citizens, the county takes out...

NEWPORT NEWS — For more than 17 years after David Wayne Boyce was convicted of capital murder, a crucial piece of evidence in his favor sat in a box at the Newport News Police Department.
The box was labeled with one word: "Boyce."
In 1991,...

York-Poquoson Sheriff J.D. "Danny" Diggs announced Tuesday that he will seek re-election in November. He has served as sheriff for 15 years and has run unopposed every four years since 1999.
"I have enjoyed serving the citizens of York and...

A Newport News woman faces nine charges after assaulting a York County police officer during a traffic stop, according to York-Poquoson Sheriff Danny Diggs.
Megan Lewis, 26, was charged with two counts of assault and battery of a police officers and...

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NORFOLK — The federal judge overseeing the case brought by a man who spent 23 years in prison before being released last year told the two sides to attempt to reach a settlement in the next month rather than take the case to trial.U.S. District Judge...

NEWPORT NEWS—A 32-year-old man arrested in connection with the disappearance of a University of Virginia student is a former Christopher Newport University student and football player, a CNU spokeswoman confirmed in a statement from university...

NEWPORT NEWS — The path to Datrionne Curtis' killer has gone cold. Though years have passed with few leads to police, his stepfather awaits justice.
Curtis, 26, was gunned down May 27, 2008. Curtis was shot multiple times on a sidewalk on Candlewood...

Local police and sheriff's departments and military installations will participate on Saturday in the U.S. Justice Department's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day initiative.From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, at least a dozen sites on and near the...

Filings in Newport News Circuit Court show that judicial orders allowing police to obtain telephone records during criminal investigations have jumped dramatically in recent years.
Judges have signed off on 221 such orders in Newport News since 2008...

Several local police departments struck an agreement in early 2013 to share telephone data gathered during criminal investigations, according to a memorandum between the agencies.
Police in Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Suffolk are...

Over and over again, the ready availability of prescription drugs to unauthorized users is cited as a major contributor to drug abuse and death and as the gateway to illegal drugs for minors. So why do we make it so difficult to dispose of unused,...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Police on Sunday combed a narrow two-lane back road near an abandoned property in Albemarle County, Va., south of here, where searchers on Saturday found human remains thought to be those of missing University of Virginia student...

A large armored vehicle that in recent years patrolled the battlefields of the Middle East now stands at the ready in York County.
Once used to help American troops avoid getting killed or maimed by roadside bombs, the imposing vehicle was turned over to...

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Norfolk police have arrested a 19-year-old Virginia Beach man in connection with a shooting, assault and robbery near Norfolk State University earlier this week, according to a police department news release.
Brian M. Winston, of the 200 block of...